Shimadzu Scientific Instruments, Japan, announces the release of its new Hyper Vision HPV-X2 high-speed video camera that features ultra-high-speed recording at ten million frames-per-second.
Continue readingShimadzu high-speed video camera allows ten million frames per second
Shimadzu Scientific Instruments, Japan, announces the release of its new Hyper Vision HPV-X2 high-speed video camera.
Continue readingAehr receives first order for Fox-XP test and burn-in system
Aehr Test Systems, Fremont, Calif., has received its first order for its Fox-XP wafer level test and burn-in system, including multiple Fox-XP WaferPak contactors and application development services.
Continue readingLIFT co-locates at Detroit headquarters
Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation (IACMI) will open a scale-up facility at LIFT.
Continue readingNitrex low-pressure carburizing furnace features precise parameter control
Nitrex Metal Inc., Quebec, began operation of a new low-pressure carburizing (LPC) furnace at its plant in Franklin, Indiana.
Continue readingCan-Eng to build automated system for heat treating diecast aluminum auto parts
Can-Eng Furnaces International Ltd., Niagara Falls, Ontario, has been contracted to design, manufacture, and commission an automated system for the heat treatment of thin-walled high pressure diecast aluminum automotive structural components.
Continue readingZircotec coatings protect Bloodhound land-speed record car from high temperatures
Zircotec Ltd., England, has provided its ThermoHold ceramic coating for the exhaust system and a zirconia-based coating for the composite front structure of the British Bloodhound, a car being designed to reach 1000 mph and break the land speed record.
Continue readingRIT chosen to lead university-industry consortium to advance additive manufacturing
Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, N.Y., announces that it has been chosen to lead a consortium of universities and corporations in establishing a New York State Center for advanced technology in additive manufacturing and functional printing.
Continue readingMarket analysis predicts thermal spray coatings market to reach $12 billion by 2022
Grand View Research Inc., San Francisco, has published a thermal spray coating market analysis that predicts the market is expected to reach $12.29 billion by the year 2022.
Continue readingAutomotive expansion meets strong demand for aluminum vehicles
Alcoa Inc., New York, completed an expansion at its Tennessee facility dedicated to supplying aluminum sheet to the automotive industry.
Continue readingAlcoa to separate into Upstream Company and Value-Add Company
Alcoa, Pittsburgh, announces that it will separate into two companies: the Upstream Company, which will consist of the Bauxite, Alumina, Aluminum, Casting, and Energy businesses; and the Value-Add Company, which will include the current Global Rolled Products, Engineered Products and Solutions, and Transportation and Construction Solutions.
Continue readingFord and Alcoa collaborate to make stronger, more formable Micromill aluminum alloys
Ford Motor Co., Dearborn, Mich., and Alcoa Inc., Pittsburgh, are collaborating to produce next-generation Micromill automotive aluminum alloys that are 40% more formable and 30% stronger.
Continue readingAtomic structure model enables prediction of metal combinations that can form metallic glasses
Australia’s University of New South Wales announces that a research team has developed a method for predicting the combinations of metals that will produce metallic glass alloys.
Continue readingMacom announces milestone in the commercialization of GaN on silicon technology
Macom Technology Solutions Inc., Lowell, Mass., reports that it has shipped more than one million GaN-on-Silicon (GaN on Si) RF power devices to date for communications, military, and other RF applications.
Continue readingDOD awards $75 million to FlexTech Alliance for flexible hybrid electronics
FlexTech Alliance, San Jose, Calif., announces that the U.S. Department of Defense has awarded it $75 million over five years in a Cooperative Agreement to establish and manage a Manufacturing Innovation Institute (MII) for Flexible Hybrid Electronics (FHE MII).
Continue readingConstellium to invest $35 million in Ravensport plant for advanced aluminum alloys
Constellium N.V., Amsterdam, announces that it will invest $35 million at its Ravenswood aluminum plant in West Virginia to improve quality and increase output production across the entire product range.
Continue readingAlcoa to invest $60 million to develop its Ampliforge 3D-printing plus forging process
Alcoa, Pittsburgh, is investing $60 million in its R&D center to accelerate the development of advanced 3D-printing materials and processes.
Continue readingContour Hardening receives ISO/TS certification of heat treating facility in Mexico
Contour Hardening Inc., Indianapolis, the developer of patented Micropulse induction heat treating technology, announces the recent ISO/TS 16949:2009 certification of its heat treating service facility in Guanajuato, Mexico.
Continue readingSeco-Warwick Allied commissions two aluminum melting and holding furnaces
Seco-Warwick Allied, India, recently commissioned two 60-metric-ton aluminum melting and holding furnaces for Hindalco Industries Ltd.
Continue reading“The Heat Is On:” New social event at Heat Treat 2015
The ASM Heat Treating Society, Materials Park, Ohio, is pleased to announce that a new social event will be held at Heat Treat 2015 in Detroit.
Continue readingAllcast to add 29,000 square feet of aluminum die-casting capability
Allcast LLC, Allenton, Wis., announces a $14 million, 29,000-square-foot addition to its current aluminum diecasting facility in the Town of Addison.
Continue readingLake City acquires new vacuum furnace from VFS
Lake City Heat Treating Corp., Warsaw, Ind., announces that it has acquired a new vacuum furnace, bringing the company’s vacuum heat treating line to seven.
Continue readingUtitec expands heat treating capabilities with Ipsen Titan furnace
Ipsen, Cherry Valley, Ill., announces that it recently shipped a Titan vacuum furnace to Utitec’s facility in Watertown, Conn.
Continue readingVac Aero launches series of articles on vacuum pump technology
Vac Aero, Burlington, Ontario, announces that it will publish a new monthly column on vacuum pump technology in its “What’s Hot” newsletter.
Continue readingCompanies to jointly develop carbon fiber for lighter cars
The Ford Motor Co. and DowAksa signed a joint development agreement to formally advance research on cost-effective, high-volume manufacturing of automotive-grade carbon fiber.
Continue readingArgonne receives patent for ultra-fast boriding process, Bodycote acquires license
Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Ill., announces that it has been granted a patent for its ultra-fast boriding process.
Continue readingApplied Materials introduces high-performance ALD technology for 3D thin film devices
Applied Materials Inc., Santa Clara, introduces the Applied Olympia ALD (atomic layer deposition) system featuring a unique, modular architecture that delivers high-performance ALD technology to manufacturers of leading-edge 3D memory and logic chips.
Continue readingMaterion doubles capacity for ToughMet CuNiSn alloys
Materion Performance Alloys, Mayfield Heights, Ohio, has more than doubled its capacity to produce foil gauge ToughMet alloys that are used to make the company’s BrushForm 158 copper-nickel-tin alloy strip product line.
Continue readingBlack phosphorus may replace silicon in future devices
Researchers at the Center for Integrated Nanostructure Physics at Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea, report that they have developed a high-performance transistor made of black phosphorus (BP).
Continue readingChinese company to bid for Micron Technology
China’s state-owned Tsinghua Unigroup Ltd. is preparing a $23 billion bid for chipmaker Micron Technology, San Diego, in what some say would be the biggest Chinese takeover of a U.S. company.
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